KEVIN TRUDELL, Randolph: Black America has much to celebrate

In his column, “Black History Month: What’s to Celebrate?” writer Bill Maxwell sounds like the many angry, white males I routinely encounter on comment blogs almost daily.

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Posted Mar. 1, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 1, 2013 at 1:07 AM

Posted Mar. 1, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 1, 2013 at 1:07 AM

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In his column, “Black History Month: What’s to Celebrate?” writer Bill Maxwell sounds like the many angry white males I routinely encounter on comment blogs almost daily.

Using as broad a brush as possible, he paints 42,000,000 African-Americans as slothful, dangerous, unprincipled thugs. “What’s to celebrate,” he asks, as if vicious teenage gang members are the sole personification of America’s black citizenry. He parrots the same hateful language I’ve been hearing my whole life, spoken by whites about “those people.” I’ll bet thousands of black students graduated from college last year. I’m sure thousands more will this year.

Some black people, I’m sure much to Mr. Maxwell’s surprise, even have jobs, and work hard at them. Many even have homes, and get this, they take care of them. It’s been rumored that some black men have even decided against becoming pimps and drug dealers, in favor of becoming doctors, lawyers, teachers and police officers.

What’s to celebrate? How about a two-term black president of the United States, and a Florida newspaper that hires a black columnist?